Closure Assembly Dosing-dispenser for Liquid Packaging Containers

ABSTRACT

A closure assembly doser-dispenser for liquid containers comprising a female plug, a male plug that is pressure inserted into the female plug and having the possibility of relative rotation with respect to the female plug, wherein both plugs in their cylindrical bodies have an orifice which face in the open position, a mouthpiece. The invention may also comprise a driver element of the male plug to perform rotation and has as another object to be a coupler to different diameters of the liquid outlet pipe, a positioning element and a stop element of the rotation the driving assembly and male plug. It can include a container mouth of the container coupling, in which the female plug is pressure inserted.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The object of present invention refers to a closure device for vesselswhich contains liquids and avoid contact of the liquid with air for mostand better preservation of its organoleptic properties and features,likewise, said device offers the doser function. The closure assembly isspecially designed for liquids susceptible to human consumption such aswines, juices, milk, beer, spirits or other whose characteristics do notrecommend contact with the air.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In recent years there have been numerous studies aimed to improvingliquid dispensing systems. Especially stand out the studies performed toimprove the sealing of these systems and control the spill to preventoxygenation and degradation of fluid to be dispensed. Oxygenation and/ordegradation of the liquid has great interest in the case of alcoholicbeverages, dairy, juices and others, which either degrade or lose theirorganoleptic characteristics.

There are numerous types of containers for liquids such as bottles,cans, plastic containers or “Bag-in-Box™” and “Tetra-Brik™”. The latteroffer significant advantages to consumers with its durability andstrength.

In some prior art locking systems, dosing dispensers and/or chilleddispensing devices are known, such as the following:

The utility model ES1069328U refers to a tap for dispensing liquidstored in a bottle, placing said bottle in an inverted position. It isan additional element that engages once the bottle is open, so thattightness is lost and it does not have cooling means.

The utility model ES1065141U relates to a climate control cabinet withwine server device by glass, consisting of a rapier that is introducedinto the bottle and through the introduction of gas in the cylinderfacilitates the discharge. Therefore, the server device needs theintroduction of a gas for the escape of liquid. Upon opening the bottleto be used in the cabinet sealing and tightness is not guaranteed.

The ES265671 document refers to a wine barrel with tap which has nomeans of cooling and needs to be filled, thus not being tight and unableto use commercial packages.

The ES1073112U document relates to a dispensing device consisting of apackaged product “tap”. Tightness and container sealing, nor control thedischarge flow is guaranteed.

The WO2006051569 document concerns to a tap hermetic cap for liquiddispensing from a container. This patent relates to a faucet designedfor container type “Bag-in Box™” and its adaptation to other types ofcontainers is not covered by it, as it does not allow inclusion in arefrigerated and dispensing system with flow and temperature control.WO2009134146 patent registered in the name of the same applicantincludes as innovation a system which records the level of liquid in thecontainer, requiring sensors and a complex electronic system.

The WO2012012692 patent relates to a storing and dispensing wine system.The system contains a barrel-shaped container with a spout fordispensing wine from a large wine bladder to which the spout isconnected. The system does not have cooling and temperature controlmeans and is not hermetic, because the spout is to pierce the winebladder, also it is not suitable for commercial packaging.

The W02011117477 patent relates to a faucet with delayed closing. Thefaucet has a piston and a valve, it is an additional element to acommercial package as a bottle and has a complex system to control thevolume of poured liquid also does not have cooling means.

The WO2004052772 document relates to a liquid dispensing valve by manualpressure valve. The internal configuration of the valve is very complexbecause it has large amounts of passages to achieve the dispensing ofthe liquid, also has an actuator which must be pressed each time theliquid has to be dispensed, so the liquid dispensing is never continuousand depends on the time that the actuator is pressed, the system cannotbe used for any commercial package only for some specific that areflexible.

The WO2006030465 document concerns to a stopper liquid dispenser andmethod of manufacturing the same. It is intended for packaging type “bagin Box™”. Has an elongated cylindrical body (3) equipped with an end (7)comprising cam means (9) and a flat support element (11) and a plug (14)comprising a cylindrical end (15) and a button driving (16) operativelyconnected to the body (3). This device does not apply to any type ofcommercial container, only for the specified type and also no means ofcooling are provided.

The WO2006085347 document relates to a dispensing cap for elasticvessels. This cap is similar to above, it comprises a support body (3),elastic closing opening means (5), discharge actuating means (6), atleast one fluid delivery opening (11), at least one incoming fluidopening (13) and piercing means (15) of the container made in one end ofthe support body (3). The support body (3) is inserted in the elasticvessel and performs a complete sealing and prevents liquid spilling outof the container thanks to the elasticity of the vessel in which it isinserted. Therefore it is necessary to pierce the container or coverwith pollution problems and little sealing that entails. Furthermore thestopper is of a quite complex constitution of arranging components whichare not provided with cooling means.

The WO2007059083 document refers to a valve for dispensing pressurizedstored liquids. It is provided in one end of the actuator of the valvebody and operatively connected to a plunger, with the opposite end ofthe plunger to engage a set of one-way check that serves to open andclose at least one valve port opening. Therefore it is a cap-type valveor a pump for the actuator pressure to dispense the liquid, so theliquid dispensing is never constant and depends on the time the actuatoris depressed. The system cannot be used for any commercial package, onlyfor some specific. Furthermore the stopper is a quite complexconstitution of arranging components which are not provided with coolingmeans.

The WO2007119251 patent concerns a container lid with guarantee seal. Itis a simple locking lid with a sealing seal which is broken when thepackage is opened. Has no means of controlling the discharge volume andcannot be used for any commercial package only for some specific.Furthermore, the stopper is a quite complex constitution of arrangingcomponents and are not provided with cooling means.

The ES2347820 patent relates to a flow divider for dispensing beverages,incorporated into a nozzle which divides a first fluid and a secondfluid, which in practice are dispensed as a single element, especiallybeverages composed of water and syrup which are mixed in the dividerintended to be patented. Therefore this device is not related with theobject of the present invention.

The ES2338577T3 document refers to a set of mouth and tap for smallcontainers, that as claimed is unique to flexible containers for liquidfoods, requiring gravity for pouring and whose tap must be manuallyoperated continuously. The set cannot be used for any commercial packageonly for some specific. In addition the set has no seal and coolingmeans are not intended.

Therefore, it has been detected the need to design a closure assemblydosing-dispenser for liquid packaging containers, which guarantees thesealing, allow flow control without preset positions, without requiringthe user to continuously operate the system or requiring put pressure onthe package or actuator, which in turn can be connected directly to acooling device with temperature and flow control employing said closureassembly, which enables the replacement of the container withoutrequiring that the product is exhausted and keep every time the liquidcontained inside the container to the desired temperature.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The closure assembly dosing-dispenser for liquid packaging containers,object of the present invention, comprises a hollow cylindrical femaleplug wherein a hollow cylindrical male plug is inserted, which has thesame revolution axis as the female plug, and which has the possibilityof relative spin respect to said female plug, whose interior determinesthe liquid output aperture, wherein:

the female plug comprises:

-   -   a body having a through hole whose axis is perpendicular to the        revolution axis of the aforementioned female plug and    -   a ring;

the male plug comprises:

-   -   a body having a through hole whose axis is perpendicular to the        revolution axis of the female plug and arranged such that in the        open position the hole of the male plug is in communication with        the body hole of the female plug and    -   a ring, and

wherein it comprises:

-   -   manually operated driving means of relative rotation of the male        plug with respect to the female plug and    -   a coupling mouth of the closure assembly to the package        container, in which is pressure inserted the body of the female        plug and comprising a hollow cylindrical body and an outer ring.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1: Explosive perspective view of the different components whichconform the closure assembly.

FIG. 2: Perspective view of the mouth of the closure assembly

FIG. 3: Detailed view of a section of the mouth from FIG. 2

FIG. 4: Perspective view of the female plug

FIG. 5: Detailed view of a section of the female plug from FIG. 4

FIG. 6: Perspective view of the male plug

FIG. 7: Lower perspective view of the closure assembly

FIG. 8: Perspective view of the closure assembly

FIG. 9: another perspective view of the driving of the driving means.

FIG. 10: explosive perspective view of a second embodiment of theclosure assembly

FIG. 11: Perspective view of the coupling mouth in a second embodimentof the main embodiment of the closure assembly set

FIG. 12: Perspective view of the female plug in a second embodiment

FIG. 13: Perspective view of the male plug in a second embodiment

FIG. 14: Perspective view of the coupling mouth in a second embodiment

FIG. 15: Perspective view of the locking plug in a second embodiment

FIG. 16: explosive view of the closure assembly in a third embodiment

FIG. 17: Perspective view of the third embodiment of the closureassembly set

FIG. 18: Perspective view of the female plug in a third embodiment

FIG. 19: Perspective view of the male plug in a third embodiment

FIG. 20: Perspective view of the driver in a third embodiment

FIG. 21: Perspective view of the positioning element in a thirdembodiment

FIG. 22: Perspective view of the stopper element in a third embodiment

FIG. 23: Perspective view of the coupling mouth in a third embodiment

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIGS. 1-9 show a first preferred embodiment, FIGS. 10-15 show a secondpreferred embodiment and FIGS. 16-23 a third preferred embodiment ofclosure assembly dosing-dispenser for liquid packaging containerspresent description object, which comprises a hollow cylindrical femaleplug in which is inserted a hollow cylindrical male plug presenting thesame axis of revolution than the female plug, and that it has thepossibility of relative rotation with respect to the female plug whoseinside determines the output liquid opening.

According to FIGS. 1-9, therein is depicted a closure assemblydosing-dispenser for all types of containers which contain liquids,which may comprise a mouthpiece (1), shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, which isattached to a container through a process of thermo-welded, threaded orother known attachment, enabling a seal between them.

The closure assembly has a female plug (2), shown in FIGS. 4 and 5,integral with the mouthpiece (1) or directly to the container, saidfemale plug (2) assembled, concentric and inside coinciding, to a malecap (3), shown in FIG. 6. The male plug (3) inserted into the femaleplug (2), forming an assembly which closes the container tightly sealed,being the male plug (3) susceptible of relative rotational movement withrespect to the female plug (2), by means of an driver (4), allowing theliquid dispensing and dosage of the liquid packaged with dosage rateselection by the user without said flow being preset or set by thesystem.

Thus, the closure assembly doser-dispenser may comprise a mouthpiece(1), or female plug assembly (2) and the male plug (3) can be mounteddirectly on the container, without using a mouthpiece (1). Presentinvention allows the user to regulate the flow, since the system has nopreset, by concentrically rotating the male plug (3) from the femaleplug (2) or vice versa.

Both the mouthpiece (1) and female plug (2) and the male plug (3) arearranged and assembled so that turning the male plug (3) relative to thefemale plug (2) or vice versa, the opening and closing of the containeris allowed, causing that the closure being airtight and watertight andcan pour the liquid from the container at the user will with volumecontrol discharge without preset positions. The closure assembly of theinvention can be used in any kind of container capable of containingliquid.

The four components of the enclosure assembly, namely, the opening (1),female plug (2), the male plug (3) and the driver (4) can bemanufactured by injection molding, using material such as low or highdensity polyethylene or any other that fits hermetic and sealingfeatures and/or normative/current regulation for food products.

According to the invention, the mouthpiece (1), shown in FIGS. 2 and 3,comprises an outer ring (5) integral with the container, which can takevarious shapes, sizes or notches with equivalent functionality to beattached to the packaging. Thus, it could be cylindrical for flexiblepackaging type “bag-in-box”™, square or rectangular for packaging type“tetrabrick”™ or comprising notches or thread inside the mouth forbottles.

The mouthpiece (1) comprises an intermediate outer ring (6), locatedbetween the outer ring (5) and an upper end of the mouth, which can beused for handling and securing of the mouthpiece (1) during its mountingon a container capable of containing liquid, and to ensure the guidingof the assembly consisting of the mouthpiece (1), female plug (2) andthe male plug (3), either for manual or mechanical manipulation. As anon-limiting example, it would be useful for a filling machine,especially for fixing the mouthpiece at a constant distance from thefilling means. The mouthpiece (1) further comprises a second outer ring(7) on the opposite upper end to the outer ring (5), which can be usedas a stopper when the connection between mouthpiece (1) and female plug(2) is performed, in order of insertion be correct.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the female plug (2) is a hollow cylinderwhich has a revolution axis (41) and which is divided into two bodyparts (16) and a ring (13) larger in diameter than the body (16), saidring (13) having a front face (14) and a seat (13 a) formed by a step ofthe ring relative to the body (16). Also, the ring (13) of the femaleplug (2), comprises a first anchoring protrusion (13 b) and a secondanchoring protrusion (13 c) being offset from one another approximately90° to the axis (41), and which have the function of anchoring theclosure assembly to a cooling dispensing device with temperature andflow control using said closure assembly.

The body (16) of the female plug (2) has a hole (10), allowing saidthrough hole (10), the passage of the liquid stored inside thecontainer, depending on the positioning state of closure assemblydoser-dispenser. The hole (10) of the body (16) of the female plug (2)may comprise two spherical bodies (not shown) at each end introducedinside with an elastic force between both that pushes them to cover saidorifices giving the system greater hermetic sealing when the closureassembly doser-dispenser is closed. The female plug (2) comprises, inits external part, various operation guides (15) of the closure assemblydoser-dispenser, both open (ON) and dosed (OFF) as the pouring flowgraduation with opening movement.

The female plug (2) has, at the front face (14) of the ring (13), a stop(12) fixed, which is a protruding part and emerges from said ring (13),whose purpose is limiting the relative rotation of the male plug (3)with respect to the female plug (2), in the fully open or fully closedpositions. Specifically, the stop (12) has two stop surfaces (12 a, 12b) angularly out of phase with respect to the through holes (10).

Female plug (2) assembly on the mouth piece (1) is carried out,preferably, but not limitedly, by press fitting, remaining seam in thisposition the female plug (2) from the mouthpiece (1) thanks to aplurality of grooves (8,9) arranged parallel and equidistant in an innerwall of the mouthpiece (1). The female plug (2) may also contain groovesthat allow it to fit inside the container.

Assuming an embodiment in which all of the grooves (8, 9) inside themouth piece (1), this ensures a constant positioning of the mouthpiece(1) respect to the female plug (2) and a completely watertight andairtight single use coupling.

The male plug (3), represented in FIG. 6, consists of a hollow cylinderhaving the same axis of revolution (41) that the female plug (2) inwhich is inserted. The male plug (3) is divided into two parts, a body(18) permitting external adjustment of the male plug, and a ring (19) oflarger diameter than the body (18). The body (18) of the male plug (3)is introduced into the body (16) of the female plug (2), while the ring(19) of the male plug (3) is partially inserted into the ring (13) ofthe female plug (2) settled on the seat (13 a) of the ring (13) of thefemale plug (2), and a protruding portion thereof.

The body (18) of the male plug (3) comprises a through hole (17). Thethrough hole (17) will be communicated with the outlet port (21) or maleplug (3) center hole, which permits passage of liquid depending on thepositioning state of the closure assembly doser-dispenser. The male plug(3) can dispose, arranged in the circular ring (19) peripheral wall, tworesistors or caps (20) fixed, whose purpose, with the stop surfaces (12a, 12 b) of the female plug (2), is to limit the relative rotation ofthe male plug (3) with respect to the female plug (2), in the positionsof fully open or fully closed.

Two stops (20) are placed in coincidence angle with respect to thethrough holes (17) which besides limiting the rotation, provide astructural feature with the driver assembly (4) for rotation of the maleplug (3) with respect to the female plug (2) for both opening the systemto control dispensing or dosing rate.

Male plug assembly (3) on the female plug (2) is carried out preferably,but not limitedly, by press fitting the male plug (3), being fittedconcentrically by making this body with a diameter that allowsadjustment to the same extent as the inner body of the female plug (2),being perfectly watertight and airtight connection and while allowingrelative rotation of the male plug (3) relative to the female plug (2)or vice versa.

With the described configuration of the male plug (3) and female plug(2), which rotate relative to each other and have through holes (10) and(17) respective matching, the closure assembly may take the followingpositions:

-   -   An open position, shown in FIG. 11, in which the through hole        (10) of the female plug (2) is in communication with the through        hole (17) of the male plug (3), communicating the interior of        the container with the liquid outlet opening (21), the stop        surfaces (12 a, 12 b) of the female (2) plug being in contact        with the stops (20) of the male plug (3).    -   A closed position, is when communication between the through        hole (10) of the female plug (2) and the through hole (17) of        the male plug (3) is stopped, the stop surfaces (12 a, 12 b) of        the female plug (2) being angularly out of phase with the stops        (20) of the male plug (3), i.e. are no longer in contact,        running from the open position to the closed position and vice        versa by simple relative rotation between the female plug (2)        and the male plug (3), with help of the manual driving means        (4).

Therefore, when the stop (20) of the male plug (3) is in the dosedposition (OFF) represented by the indications (11) of the ring (13) ofthe female plug (2), the through hole (17) of the male plug (3) isblinded by the cylindrical inner surface of the body (16) of the femaleplug (2) and therefore cannot pass the liquid from inside the containerto the outlet opening (21) of the male plug (3). When the total rotationof the male plug (3) is performed, assisted by the stops (20) by theactuator (4) to the open position (ON) represented by the indications(11) of the ring (13) of the female plug (2), the through hole (17) ofthe male plug (3) is facing or facing the through hole (10) of thefemale plug (2), allowing the passage of fluid from inside the containerto the outlet opening (21) of the male plug (3). Thus, the flow iscontrolled by the degree of overlap of the through holes (10 and 17) ofthe female (2) and the male plug cap (3), respectively, allowing theliquid flow adjustment without said flow is established with fixed orstable positions but is established at the user and gradually formbetween the open and closed state depending on the degree of coincidenceof the holes (10 and 17), through the actuator (4).

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the driver (4) comprises an elongate body ofone piece and thin thickness with a first end (4 b) and a second end (4c), said driver (4) comprising a lever (4 a) comprising most of thetotal length of the elongate body; said driver (4) further comprising acoupler arranged at the second end (4 c), said coupler having adimensional configuration to a greater width than that of the lever (4a), a front surface (4 e) and a rear surface (4 d).

In order to couple the driver (4) to the stops (20) of the male plug(3), is provided in the front face (4 e) of the driver (4) a couplinggroove (4 f) which adopts the same configuration as together with thering (19) and the stops (20) of the male plug (3), so that the openingand closing movement is conducted by movement of the handle (4 a) by theuser. Also, in the coupling groove (4 f) a liquid supply port (4 g) isprovided by a ring (4 h) arranged on the front surface (4 d), which willdispense the liquid outlet.

The closure assembly doser-dispenser may include O-rings (not shown) atthe junctions and/or insertions between the male plug (3) and femaleplug (2) ensuring the tightness thereof. The body (18) of the male plug(3) may contain an O-ring (not shown) for water tightness with thefemale plug (2).

In FIGS. 7 and 8 is shown the closure assembly doser-dispenser wherefemale plug (2) must be fully pressed against the mouthpiece (1) ordirectly against the container if there is no mouth and male plug (3)must be pressed fully against female plug-stopper together or aloneagainst the female plug (2) if there is no mouthpiece (1).

The male plug (3) can be mounted and dismounted from the set femaleplug-mouthpiece by a pressure and boot system of a filling machine.Similarly, the female plug (2) can be removed from the mouthpiece (1)with the same system. In addition, the female (2) and the male plug (3)can be sealed together to prevent disassembly of the assembly by actionof the thrust of the liquid on the latter during transport or handling.This is advisable in this case, since the pressure adjustment cannot bevery high and must allow relative rotation between the male plug (3) andfemale plug (2).

In the second preferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 10-15:

the female plug (2) comprises:

-   -   a body (16) having a through hole (10) whose axis is        perpendicular to the revolution axis (41) of the aforementioned        female plug,    -   a ring (13) and    -   a coupling hollow cylinder (24) connected to the underside of        the ring (13) and whose revolution axis is the same as the        revolution axis of said female plug and whose outer surface has        a plurality of annular beads (23) and a retaining shoulder (25);

the male plug (3) comprises:

-   -   a body (18) having a through hole (17) whose axis is        perpendicular to the revolution axis of the female plug (2) and        arranged such that in the open position the hole (17) of the        male plug is in communication with the hole (10) of the female        plug body (2),    -   a ring (19) disposed in the middle portion of said male plug        body and    -   means for manual operation of rotation (26) relative to the male        plug to the female plug, preferably two extensions arranged in        the body of the male plug.

As a design option, limiting means of relative rotation of the male plugrelative to the female plug may be provided in the female cap and on themale cap because it comprises:

-   -   a coupling mouthpiece (1) of the container closure assembly in        which the hollow press-fit coupling (24) of the female plug        cylinder. The mouthpiece (1) comprises a hollow cylindrical body        (27) and an outer ring (5) and that its length is the same as        the length from the bottom face of the ring (13) of the female        plug until retaining shoulder (25) of said female plug.        Optionally, the inner surface of the mouthpiece is provided with        a plurality of annular grooves complementary with the        thickenings of the hollow cylinder of the female plug coupling.

Optionally, and in order to ensure fixation of the male and female plugto the mouthpiece may be provided on the closure assembly mounting afixing plug (22) of the female plug at the mouthpiece, intended to beconnected to the mouthpiece by an attachable connection means preferablyby a threaded connection, whose shape is a hollow cylinder whose upperend is provided with a through hole in which the body of the male plugis inserted. The upper end of the fixing piece is provided with cliptype joining means (30) of the male connecting ring stopper. For fixingthe plug at the mouthpiece, the outer surface of the mouthpiece isthreaded (29).

As another design option, there is disclosed:

-   -   The coupling hollow cylinder (24) inner face is connected to the        body (16) external face of the female plug (2),    -   The liquid outlet axis of the female plug (2) is off-centered        relative to the revolution axis (41) of the liquid outlet by a        longer length than the radius of the mentioned liquid outlet of        the female plug,    -   The through hole (17) of the body male plug (3) is arranged on        the base of said through hole (17) being its axis parallel to        the revolution axis (41), the axis of said through hole (17) is        off-centered relative to the revolution axis (41) by an equal        length to the current length between the hole outlet axis of the        female plug and said revolution axis (41),    -   The male plug (3) ring (19) is arranged in the body (18) lower        end of said male plug, and    -   The attachable connection means between the locking plug and the        coupling mouth can be a plurality of annular beads arranged in        said locking plug and a plurality of grooves arranged in said        coupling mouth and complementary to the coupling mouth annular        beads.

In FIGS. 16-23, a second preferred embodiment is shown in which:

-   -   a hollow cylindrical female plug (2), which is introduced into        the packaging container, which in turn comprises:        -   a body (16) having a through hole (10) whose axis is            perpendicular to the revolution axis of referred female            plug,        -   a ring (13) which has a through hole (32) whose axis is            parallel to said revolution axis and which is located            diametrically opposite the hole (10) of the female plug            body, said ring is located outside of the container and        -   can have a coupling hollow cylinder (24) connected to the            underside of the ring (13) and whose revolution axis is the            same as the revolution axis of referred female plug and            whose outer surface has a plurality of thickenings ring (23)            and a retaining shoulder (25), at its lower end is provided            with a plurality of longitudinal grooves.    -   the male plug (3) comprises        -   a body (18) having a through hole (17) whose axis is            perpendicular to the revolution axis of the female plug (2)            and arranged such that in the open position the through hole            (17) of the male plug is in communication with the through            hole (10) of the female plug body,        -   a ring (19) which has:            -   a slot through (33) whose shape is approximately a                circular arc arranged such that the two ends of said                slot determined opening and closing positions                respectively,            -   first connection means at will, preferably clip type,                with the ring of the female plug, said first connecting                means allowing the relative rotation of the male plug                relative to the female plug,            -   a second ring (34) opposite the male plug body which                has:                -   two tabs (35) approximately rectangular parallel                    arranged to the ring (19) and opposite to the body                    (18) of the male plug and spaced a given distance                    from said ring (19) and                -   two longitudinal grooves (36) parallel to each other                    and parallel to the axis of the through hole of the                    male plug body.

Preferably, a boss is centered on the inside of the base of the femaleplug body and has a complementary bore to the said boss on the outerface of the base body of the male plug for guiding the relative rotationof the male plug respect to the female plug.

Furthermore, in the invention:

-   -   a driver (4) is disposed, which helps the user to open and close        the invention and as adapter into the outlet pipe of the liquid,        and comprising:        -   a tubular body (42), a ring (37) disposed in the central            area of the tubular body and defining an upper portion (43)            and a lower portion (38) of the tubular body and a lever (4            a) arranged in the bond between the ring and the upper area            of the tubular body such that            -   the bottom of the tubular body is inserted under                pressure in the male plug,            -   the union of the lever with the ring defines two                abutment surfaces (51) and            -   in the lower face of the ring has two thickenings (44)                longitudinal and parallel grooves complementary with the                flanges of the male plug,            -   an annular groove (47) may be disposed in the lower                portion of the tubular body (42) to place an O-ring                therein in order to increase tightness of the closure                assembly;    -   it is arranged between the rings of the driver (37) and the ring        of the male plug (19), a positioning element (28), whose shape        is approximately a ring whose inner diameter is larger than the        outer diameter of the lower body tubular driver (42) and its        outer diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the ring of        the male plug (19) and its thickness is less than the distance        between the flanges (35) and the ring of the male plug (19), in        the face that is opposite to the said ring of the male plug (19)        has a lug (30) complementary to the female hole stopper ring        (32) and intended to be inserted in the through slot (33) of the        male plug ring (19) and into the hole of the female ring plug        (32), it also has some grooves (45) inside the ring        complementary to the tabs (35) of the male plug,    -   it has a stop element (31) at the top (43) of the tubular body        of the driver and ring actuator (37) whose shape is        approximately a ring and in its interior has a hole (48) whose        approximate shape is a circular sector whose angle is        approximately equal to the angle defined by the two ends of the        ring groove of the male plug and defining two inner abutment        surfaces (49).    -   It has second connection means (46) between the positioning        element (28) and the stop element (31).    -   It can have a mouthpiece (1) coupling of the container closure        assembly package that is pressure inserted in the hollow        cylinder pressure coupling (24) of the female plug. Preferably        the mouthpiece comprises a hollow cylindrical body (27) in whose        outer surface has a plurality of annular grooves (50) and an        inner ring (39) and in that its length is the same as the length        from the bottom face of the ring (13) of the female plug until        the retaining shoulder (25) of the referred plug female. The        mouthpiece is coupled to the container and pressure inserted        therein the female plug, for which is provided in said coupling        cylinder female plug. Thus, the closure assembly is applicable        to any existing package in the market with only varying the        shape of the mouthpiece.

Firstly, an adaptable closure assembly is obtained to dispense anyliquid, especially those with characteristics and/or organolepticproperties whose sealing and temperature control are recommended.

Furthermore, the closure assembly ensures sealing of the container atall times, thus ensuring liquid conservation, because thanks to itsconstitution at any time there is no contact between the liquid in thecontainer and the atmosphere. The closure assembly additionallyconstitutes a sealing, opening, dosing system applicable to any type ofcontainer without piercing required. There is also no need for gas orother element on the container for dispensing the liquid and thusprevents contamination of the liquid contained in the container.

Another of the most important advantages of the present closure assemblyis that it allows the automatically and/or manually liquid pouringcontrol enabling a choice at all times the level of flow to pour withoutpreset positions without the need for powered set or package. Moreover,given its particular constitution allows incorporation into an automaticdispensing device with temperature and discharge control.

With the closure assembly object of the present invention any additionalliquid dispensing element is not required, as the assembly serves assealing cap and dispenser at a time.

Finally, with this closure assembly no need to drain the liquid to bedispensed or change the container without breaking the seal and hencethe fluid is never exposed to air. In addition, there is no need to keeppowered the set for dispensing the liquid, or put pressure on thecontainer for said dispensing.

I claim:
 1. A closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containerscomprising a hollow cylindrical female plug (2) in which a hollowcylindrical male plug (3) is inserted, which has the same revolutionaxis (41) that the female plug, and having the possibility of relativerotation with respect to said female plug, whose inner determines theliquid outlet opening, wherein: The female plug (2) comprises: a body(16) having a through hole (10) whose axis is perpendicular to therevolution axis (41) aforementioned of the female plug (2) and a ring(13); The male plug (3) comprises: a body (18) having a through hole(17) whose axis is perpendicular to the revolution axis (41) of thefemale plug (2) and arranged such that in the open position the hole(17) of the male plug (3) is in communication with the hole (10) of thefemale plug (2) body and a ring (19); wherein: a driver (4) and acoupling mouthpiece (1) of the closure assembly container in which ispressure inserted the body (16) of the female plug and comprising ahollow cylindrical body (27) and an outer ring (5).
 2. The closureassembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to claim 1,wherein: a. the ring (13) of the female plug has a stop (12) comprisingtwo stop surfaces (12 a, 12 b) and the external configuration of saidring (13) of the female plug is formed by a first protrusion anchor (13b) and a second protrusion anchor (13 c); b. the ring (19) of the maleplug, which is inserted into the ring (13) of the female cap, has stops(20), the said stops (20) having an upper engaging surface; c. thedriver (4) comprises an elongate body member with a first end (4 b) anda second end (4 c) defining a lever (4 a) and a coupler arranged at thesecond end (4 c), said coupler comprises a groove (4 f) which engagesthe top of the stops (20) of the male plug (3) and d. the mouthpiece hasan intermediate outer ring (6), of a second outer ring (7) arranged tothe outer ring (5) of the coupling mouthpiece (1) opposite end.
 3. Theclosure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according toclaim 1, wherein the coupling mouthpiece (1) comprises a plurality ofequally spaced parallel annular grooves (8, 9), made in the inner wallof said coupling mouthpiece.
 4. The closure assembly doser-dispenser ofliquid containers, according to claim 1, wherein the female plug (2) hason the body outside operating instructions (15) in matched positionswith the positions of the stops (12).
 5. The closure assemblydoser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to claim 1, wherein themale plug (3) is pressure sealingly inserted in the female plug (2),including O-ring therebetween configured to allow relative rotationbetween the two without loss of tightness.
 6. The closure assemblydoser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to claim 1, wherein: a.in the female plug (2) has a coupling hollow cylinder (24) connected tothe underside of the ring (13) and whose revolution axis is the same asthe revolution axis of said female plug and on whose outer surface ithas a plurality of beads (23) and an annular retaining shoulder (25); b.the ring (19) of the male plug is disposed in the middle portion of saidmale plug, c. the driver (4) of the relative rotation of the male plugrelative to the female plug is disposed in the body of the male plug, d.the length of the coupling mouthpiece (1) is the same as the length fromthe bottom face of the ring (13) of the female plug to the shoulder (25)of the referred female plug.
 7. The closure assembly doser-dispenser ofliquid containers, according to claim 1, wherein the inner surface ofthe hollow cylindrical body (27) of the coupling mouthpiece is providedwith a plurality of annular grooves complementary with the thickeningsof the hollow cylinder of the female plug coupling.
 8. The closureassembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to claim 7,wherein it comprises a plug attachment (22) of the female plug to thecoupling mouthpiece, intended to be screwed into the couplingmouthpiece, whose shape is a hollow cylinder in whose upper end isprovided a through hole in which the lower portion of the male plug bodyis inserted; the upper end of the fixing piece is provided with cliptype means (26) to the male plug connecting ring.
 9. The closureassembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to claim 1,wherein on the female plug and the male plug are available limitingmeans of relative rotation of the male plug relative to the female plug.10. The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, accordingto claim 8, wherein the attachable connection means between the plugattachment (22) and the coupling mouthpiece (1) are a threadedconnection.
 11. The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquidcontainers, according to claim 6, wherein: the coupling hollow cylinder(24) inner face is connected to the body (16) external face of thefemale plug (2), the liquid outlet axis of the female plug (2) isoff-centered relative to the revolution axis (41) of the liquid outletby a longer length than the radius of the mentioned liquid outlet of thefemale plug, the through hole (17) of the body male plug (3) is arrangedon the base of said through hole (17) being its axis parallel to therevolution axis (41), the axis of said through hole (17) is off-centeredrelative to the revolution axis (41) by an equal length to the currentlength between the hole outlet axis of the female plug and saidrevolution axis (41), the male plug (3) ring (19) is arranged at thebody (18) lower end of said male plug.
 12. The closure assemblydoser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to claim 11, wherein theattachable connection means between the locking plug and the couplingmouth are a plurality of annular beads arranged at said locking plug anda plurality of grooves arranged in said coupling mouth and complementaryto the coupling mouth annular beads.
 13. The closure assemblydoser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to claim 12, wherein inthe female plug and the male plug there are arranged limiting means ofrelative rotation of the male plug relative to the female plug.
 14. Theclosure assembly doser-dispenser of liquid containers, according toclaim 6, wherein: In the female cap ring has: a through hole (32) whoseaxis is parallel to the revolution axis of the female plug and which islocated diametrically opposite to the hole (9) of the body (16) of thefemale plug; In the male cap ring has: a through slot (33) whose shapeis approximately a circular arc arranged such that the two ends of saidgroove (33) determine opening and closing positions respectively, firstwill clip type binding means with ring female plug (13), said firstbinding means allowing the relative rotation of the male plug (3)relative to the female plug (2), a second ring (34) opposite the body(18) of the male plug in which has: two tabs (35) whose shape isapproximately rectangular parallel arranged to the ring (19) andopposite to the body (18) of the male plug and spaced a given distancefrom said ring (19) and two longitudinal grooves (36) and parallel toeach other parallel to the axis of the through hole (19) of the maleplug body; the driver for manual driving of the relative rotation of thefemale plug of the male plug (4) comprises: a tubular body (42), a ring(37) disposed in the central area of the tubular body and defining anupper portion (43) and a lower portion (38) of the tubular body and alever (4 a) disposed at the junction between the ring (37) and the upperportion (43) of the tubular body such that: the lower portion (38) ofthe tubular body is inserted under pressure into the male plug (3), thejoin of the lever (4) with the ring (37) defines two stop surfaces (51),on the underside of the ring (37) is equipped with two thickenings (44)longitudinal and parallel with complementary grooves (36) of the maleplug and the outer diameter of the upper portion (43) of driving thetubular body is different than the outer diameter of the lower portion(38) of said tubular body is arranged between the ring (37) of thedriver and the ring (19) of the male plug, a positioner element (28),whose shape is approximately a ring whose inner diameter is larger thanthe outer diameter of the lower portion (38) of the tubular body of thedriver and its outer diameter is larger than the outer diameter of thering (19) of the male plug and its thickness is less than the distancebetween the flanges (35) and ring (19) of the male plug, in the facethat is opposite to the said ring (19) of the male cap has a lug (30)complementary to the hole (32) of the female ring and plug to beinserted into the slot (33) through the ring (19) the male plug and thehole (32) of the female ring cap has also slits (45) inside the ringcomplementary to the tabs (35) of the male plug it has a stop element(31) in the upper portion (43) of the tubular body (42) and on the ring(37) of the driver whose shape is approximately a ring and in itsinterior has a hole (48) approximate shape of a circular sector whoseangle is approximately equal to the angle defined by the two ends of theslot (33) of the male plug and ring defining two inner abutment surfaces(49); it has a second connection means (46) between the positioningelement (28) and the stop element (31).
 15. The closure assemblydoser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to claim 14, wherein themouthpiece (1) comprises a hollow cylindrical body whose outer surfaceis provided with a plurality of annular grooves (50) and an inner ring(39) and in that its length is the same as the length from the bottomface of the ring (9) of the female plug to the shoulder (25) of thereferred female plug.
 16. The closure assembly doser-dispenser of liquidcontainers, according to claim 14, wherein it has an annular groove (47)at the bottom of the tubular body (42).
 17. The closure assemblydoser-dispenser of liquid containers, according to claim 14, wherein aboss is centered on the inside of the base of the female body and themale plug body has a cap that has a complementary bore to the said lugin the outer face of the base of the male plug body.